Scientific Committee on Antarctic Research (SCAR)
Collated by Programma Nazionale di Ricerche in Antartide (Italy)
in the framework of the SCAR Standing Committee on Antarctic Geographic Information (SCAGI)
Stanley Island (The name as it would appear in a gazetteer)
Stanley Island (The name as it would appear on a map)
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Feature type: Island
This name originates from United Kingdom. It is part of the Gazetteer of the British Antarctic Territory and the SCAR Composite Gazetteer of Antarctica.
Names that other countries have for this feature:
NE of Spur Point, Cabinet Inlet, Foyn Coast, was photographed from the air by RARE and surveyed from the ground by FIDS from "Hope Bay" in December 1947; called Bertrand Island by RARE after Dr K.J. Bertrand (Bertrand Ice Piedmont, q.v.) (Ronne, 1949, map p.230 and p.291); in association with the names in this area of members of the War Cabinet (which authorised Operation "Tabarin" in 1943), named after The Rt Hon. Oliver Frederick George Stanley (1894-1950), Secretary of State for War, 1940, and for the Colonies, 1942-45 (BA chart 3570, 27.vi.1952; APC, 1955, p.20; DCS 601 sheet 66 62, 1955). Isla Neves, so called by AAE probably after a member of the expedition (Argentina. MM, 1953, p.325). Isla Stanley (Argentina. MM chart 110, 1957; Pierrou, 1970, p.671; Chile. IHA, 1974, p.267). Isola Bertrand (Zavatti, 1958, Tav. 12-13). Ostrov Stenli (Soviet Union. MMF chart, 1961).
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